Taiwan Province of the People's Republic of China ( ) is a claimed province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), covering the entirety of the island of Taiwan and its surrounding islets, including the Pescadores. The PRC has never controlled any of this territory and the territory is currently administered by the Republic of China (ROC). The People's Republic of China claims that Taiwan is part of China, that the PRC succeeded the ROC as the sole legitimate authority in China upon its founding in 1949, and that the ROC currently on Taiwan does not exist legitimately (see Political status of Taiwan). The latter two claims are disputed and rejected by the government of the Republic of China which maintains that the ROC is a sovereign nation compelled to separate from the mainland during the Chinese Civil War following World War II.